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New Year’s Eve Card At Laurel Park Features Trio Of Mandatory Payout Wagers

Live racing returns to Laurel Park this Thursday for a New Year's Eve program that marks closing day of the 2020 fall meet and features mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Super Hi-5 wagers.

There will be carryovers of $17,538.82 in the Rainbow 6, spanning Races 4-9, and $332.99 in the Super Hi-5 for Thursday's opener, a 5 ½-furlong claiming event for 3-year-olds and up. Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m.

The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is paid out when there is a single, unique tickets sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 60 percent of that day's pool goes back to bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 40 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool. On mandatory days, the entire pool is paid out to the bettors holding tickets with the most winners in the six-race sequence.

Thursday's Rainbow 6 kicks off with a seven-furlong starter optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up that drew a field of nine led by 5-2 program favorite Fast Cash, a $300,000 yearling of 2018 making his 10th career start and third since being claimed by Anthony Farrior, his fourth trainer since September.

Race 7 is an open, third-level optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares 3 and up sprinting seven furlongs featuring Naughty Thoughts, winner of Laurel's Wide Country Feb. 15; Coconut Cake, who had a three-race win streak snapped last out Dec. 3; Maryland Million Distaff runner-up Quiet Imagination; 2018 Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship winner Money Fromheaven and multiple stakes-placed Ankle Monitor.

Chuck and Maribeth Sandford's 3-year-old homebred filly Indy Takes Charge, unraced since Sept. 5 after crossing the wire second in three consecutive races, is favored at 2-1 on the morning line for her return in Race 8, a seven-furlong allowance for fillies and mares 3 and up.

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Aqueduct: Empire 6 To Offer Daily Mandatory Payout In January

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced that the Empire 6 wager will offer a daily mandatory payout in the month of January, commencing with Friday's New Year's Day card at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Featuring a $0.20 bet minimum and 20 percent takeout, the Empire 6 wager requires bettors to select the first-place finisher of the final six races of the card. The full pool, minus takeout, will be distributed to bettors who select the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races on the card.

“Our loyal community of horseplayers has continually expressed interest and support for wagers that reward the daily player with the opportunity for impressive payouts,” said Joe Longo, NYRA Director of Simulcasting. “This pilot program is designed to be responsive to those sentiments while helping NYRA to determine the future of the Empire 6.”

Aqueduct will offer 19 racing dates in January with live racing generally conducted Thursday through Sunday, with the addition of a special Monday card on January 18 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The first mandatory payout Empire 6 will feature on Friday's New Year's Day card at the Big A which is highlighted by the 151st renewal of the $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores offering 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-four finishers. First post on the nine-race card is 12:20 p.m. Eastern, with the Empire 6 set to kick off in Race 4 at 1:50 p.m.

The Empire 6 was launched in August 2019 with a jackpot provision in which the full pool would be paid out only to a single ticket selecting the first-place finisher in all six races, otherwise 75 percent of the day's net pool would be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races with the remainder added into a jackpot and carried to the next day's Empire 6.

Thursday's year-end Big A card will feature mandatory payouts of the Empire 6, Early Pick 5 and Late Pick 5 wagers, in accordance with New York State Gaming Commission rules. The Empire 6, which boasts a jackpot of $183,471, begins in Race 3 at 1:46 p.m. Eastern. First post on Thursday's eight-race card is 12:50 p.m.

For more information, please visit NYRABets.com.

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Unproven Life Is Good Tops Early Kentucky Derby Odds Ahead Of Likely Sham Start

With the Road to the Kentucky Derby completed until 2021, current standings at betonline.ag have the leader as 10-1 favorite Life Is Good followed by Essential Quality at12-1. While interesting, there are still 27 qualifying races left in the months between now and the first weekend in May.

The next Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool will take place Jan. 22 – Jan. 24.

Bob Baffert-trained Life Is Good is by leading sire Into Mischief, who also sired 2020 Kentucky Derby winner, Authentic. The unproven colt has only had one start in which he broke his maiden with a wire-to-wire win by 9 1/2 lengths. The 2-year-old set lively fractions of :21.80, :44.84, 1:09.08, and a final time of 1:15.50 for the 6 1/2 furlong maiden special weight at Del Mar on Nov. 22. He was ridden by two-time Kentucky Derby winner Mike Smith. Life Is Good is expected to make his next start in the G3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 2, and finished at 5-1 in the first Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool.

Following closely behind on the 2021 Kentucky Derby Odds list is Breeder's Cup Juvenile and Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner, Essential Quality. The son of Tapit is currently undefeated in three starts and is expected to make his next start sometime in February. Trained by Brad Cox and owned by Godolphin LLC, Essential Quality finished at 8-1 in the first Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool.

The entire 2021 Kentucky Derby Odds List, per betonline.ag, is as follows:

Life Is Good 10/1

Essential Quality 12/1

Keepmeinmind 20/1

Prime Factor 20/1

Jackie's Warrior 25/1

Mandaloun 25/1

Senor Buscador 25/1

Spielberg 25/1

Highly Motivated 28/1

Caddo River 33/1

Classier 33/1

Greatest Honour 33/1

Hot Rod Charlie 33/1

Prate 33/1

Red Flag 33/1

Amount 50/1

Dr. Schivel 50/1

Freedom Fighter 50/1

Get Her Number 50/1

Known Agenda 50/1

Olympiad 50/1

Reinvestment Risk 50/1

Savile Row 50/1

Huntsinger 66/1

Prisoner 66/1

Sittin On Go 66/1

Team Merchants 66/1

Founder 100/1

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Meadowlands Winter Meet Survival Handicapping Challenge Returns Jan. 2

The always popular Meadowlands Winter Meet Survival Challenge powered by 123Racing returns Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. Cash prizes and World Harness Handicapping Championship presented by DerbyWars seats are up for grabs in this free online competition.

Trackmaster will provide Platinum Past Performances for each night of the contest.

The game covers the Meadowlands' Winter Meet and concludes on March 27, 2021.

The winner is determined by the highest total bankroll at the end of the Challenge based on a $2 “across the board” wager [win, place and show] on selections for three designated races each program.

However, to continue in the game, entrants have to “survive” by finishing in-the-money [first through third] with at least one of their selections each day. Failing to do so or not making selections knocks the player out of the game. To aid in the player's survival a “lucky horseshoe” is given. The lucky horseshoe is a “free pass” given to all Challenge participants that allows the player to survive if he does not make selections for a race card or all three of his selections fail to hit the board.

The grand prize is $500 & $1,300 2021 WHHC Spot
The second-place prize is $300 & $1,300 2021 WHHC Spot
The third-place prize is $200 & $1,300 2021 WHHC Spot

The free contest is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada 18 years and older, and all selections must be made through the format provided on the Survival Challenge website page. No selections will be accepted by phone, fax, e-mail or any other means. Trackmaster Platinum Past performances for the three designated races will be provided through the game board.

The deadline for selections each day is 30 minutes before 6 p.m. post time for the first race through March 13th. Post time then switches to 7:15pm for March 19-27th. After 30 minutes to post, all selections are final.

To login or to register as a first time player, visit www.survival-challenge.com.

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